Since Honkai Star Rail is an RPG, a basic understanding of the Battle Stats will take you a long way. Unlike the basic stats like Attack, Critical Damage, Speed, Defence, HP, and Critical Rate, Effect Res works more discreetly. However, this stat influences both your and your enemy’s attacks in a very prominent manner. You can enhance your character’s Effect Res by the use of Relics, Light Cones, Eidolons, and timing of attacks. But first, you need to understand the concept.
Effect RES in Honkai Star Rail
Before getting into the concept of Effect Res, you need to know about buffs and debuffs. Buff is any increase in the stats or performance of a character, and is better known as a positive status effect. Similarly, any effect of decreasing or preventing the full extent of a character’s/enemy’s buffs is called debuffing. This can be performed by Fire, Ice, and Lightning effects and can be called a negative status effect.
Effect RES specializes in subduing the intensity of these negative status effects. So, it is the resistance a character or enemy can exhibit towards a debuff from the opponent.
Your team must have characters like Gepard and Yanqing who bring a high amount of Effect RES. If not, you can enhance your current character’s Effect Resistance by the use of Relics and Light Cones.
How To Improve Effect RES in Honkai Star Rail
If your characters are repeatedly failing to reach the end of the battle despite having strong Base Stats, there is a chance that you are overlooking subtle stats like Effect RES and EHR. To improve your Effect RES you can:
- Depending on the attack style of your character, you can use appropriate Relic Sets that will enhance the Effect RES. Broken Keel is a promising choice with long-term Effect RES benefits.
- As mentioned earlier, characters like Gepard and Yanqing can make up for the lack of effective resistance to your team.
- Light Cones such as Texture of Memories and Perfect Timing are another viable method to prevent your characters from enemy debuffs.
- Strategizing and timing your Ultimate attacks is another way of making the maximum use of your current Effect RES.
If you are looking for a decent Debuffer for your team, Welt can imprison and restrict your opponents effortlessly. Read our Welt Build Guide to learn more.
